The signing has a feel-good aspect beyond a typical G League call-up. Ingram has spent his entire career in the G League since graduating from American University in 2007. He played four seasons with the now-defunct Utah Flash, five seasons with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, and has played with the South Bay Lakers this season. He briefly played in Australia in 2016 before returning to the G League.

Ingram is the G League all-time leader in three-pointers made with career averages of 10 points and 3 rebounds per game on 46% shooting.

Ingram's dedication is impressive. He once received a Summer League roster spot with the Utah Jazz but didn't make the team. According to Harrison Faigen of Silver Screen and Roll, Ingram had offers to make more money overseas, but commitment to his family and dream made him stay in the NBA's developmental league.

"I think my first few years in the D-League when I was in Utah, that would have been the prime time to go overseas but I felt I was close to being called up, and so you just kind of pick and choose," Ingram said. "'Do you go after your dream, or do you go overseas?' And so I chose to stay. And you know, I don't regret the decision at all. I've enjoyed my time here, and I've been able to make a nice career out of it."

With the Lakers' fate wrapped up this season and many of their usual rotation players injured, Ingram should be able to get some minutes in the final two games and get the NBA experience he's been waiting for.